Today I was trapped in a one way conversation with someone who told me that "all of these earthquakes and hurricanes are signs that the world is coming to an end..." While this person was talking to me, my mind wandered and I imagined that I was surrounded by midgets dressed as little cowboys, riding miniature horses, and as the last little cowboy rode by he handed me a large instrument which resembled a letter opener and I took it and stabbed myself in each ear, so that, I couldn't hear this idiot talking anymore.As my fantasy waned, I realized that this person was still talking and honestly I could not have cared less about what they were saying. I have often joked that this individual takes two hours to tell you what happened on Sixty Minutes. Sensing I was about to say something that I was sure I would later regret, I looked at my watch and said, "I'm late...I'm late...for a very important date..." and with that I exited down the stairs and out the door. As I made my way to the car, I looked back and saw that this person had now cornered someone else and was continuing to spread the gospel of "Natural Disasters and Nonsense."
Let's face the facts, earthquakes and hurricanes and the Tooth Fairy have been around for zillions of years. Do they have anything to do with the end of the world? I doubt it but who knows? I certainly don't think that they have anything to do with punishments from God. I can hear the fundamentalist fanatics now...."Oh, the East Coast was punished with an earthquake because New York legalized marriage for gays..." or "The East Coast is gonna get wiped out by this hurricane because Obama don't wear no American Flag on his lapel." It's all rather silly.
Yesterday as I rode out the earthquake from the comfort of my SUV, I wasn't the least bit concerned that it was the end of the world. I actually thought it was pretty cool. Maybe not as cool as my Taylor Swift fantasies, but it was pretty cool. I'm not worried about the end of the world...I settled that account with God a long time ago. I think I remember that the Bible says that the coming of the Lord will be as a thief in the night...that being the case, I doubt He would send some earthquakes and hurricanes ahead to announce His arrival.
Be Well.
